Achieving Phosphorus Compliance at Winnipeg's North End Water Pollution Control Centre
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Jointly released by LWF, the Lake Winnipeg Indigenous Collective and the International Institute for Sustainable Development in advance of Winnipeg’s 2022 election, this report lays out the specific city council commitments required to achieve accelerated phosphorus compliance at Winnipeg’s North End Water Pollution Control Centre (NEWPCC). The city’s north end plant – the single largest point source of phosphorus to Lake Winnipeg – has consistently exceeded provincial phosphorus limits since 2005, missing compliance deadlines in 2015 and 2019. Winnipeg’s next mayor and council must demonstrate leadership on this critical infrastructure file, in order to fulfill the city’s responsibility to Lake Winnipeg.